New Zealand vs England, LIVE cricket score, 1st T20I at Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Toggle between the tabs to switch between live scorecard and ball-by-ball commentary Preview : England wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow believes New Zealand will be intent on exacting World Cup revenge in the Twenty20 series that begins in Christchurch on Friday. The Black Caps suffered the cruellest of defeats in the final of the one-day showpiece, when the scores were tied after a Super Over but England won because they had hit more boundaries. File images of New Zealand captain Tim Southee and England captain Eoin Morgan. AFP Cricket chiefs have since scrapped the obscure tie-breaker rule but Bairstow said the New Zealanders would still be seething at the result and out to prove a point in their first meeting against England since the decider. "What happened at Lord's is going to be quite tough for those guys, and there will be a fire in their belly and a hunger to put things right," he said. However, New Zealand have played down talk of payback, insisting t...
